The Hodgeheg
by Dick King-Smith
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The hedgehog family of number 5A are a happy bunch but they cannot cross the busy road to reach the park they long to visit. No one has found a way of crossing it safely, no one, that is, until the determined young Max decides to solve the problem, becoming a hodgeheg who becomes a hero.Tags
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Yeah, I know, it's a kids book but I found on the bookshelf and since all my kids are now grown I figured I'd read it for the nostalgia. A very nice story for youngsters. Time to pass this on to my grandkids.
Cute little read :D Bethany gave it to me for my birthday!
Very short little animal story. Courage. Bravery. In a hedgehog, no less.
Hedgehog Max tries to find a way to safely cross roads but along the way he has a close shave with a lorry and his words are muddled in a humorous way. Ages 6-8
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Dick King-Smith was born on March 27, 1922 in Bitten, Gloucestershire, England. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He has written over 100 children's books including The Fox Busters, The Hodgeheg, and The Sheep show more Pig (aka Babe-The Gallant Pig), which was adapted as the 1995 film Babe. The 1995 TV miniseries The Queen's Nose was also based in one of his books. He was voted Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards. He died on January 4, 2011 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
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